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On the date

Wednesday, April 29, 1970

From the day

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

ABC

The Jackson 5

#1 at the box office

Airport †

$502,500

The must-have

Lite-Brite

On This Day

  • Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail in an attempt to cut off supplies to the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

discostreakyuppie

Trucker Cb

10-4bearconvoygood buddysmokey

Funk Soul

can you dig itjiveright onsolidturkey

Catchphrases of 1970

  • Love means never having to say you're sorry

Tech Check

Floppy Disk, Digital Watch & Boeing 747 (Service).

Style of 1970

Silhouette: Long and lean

Material: Polyester and corduroy

  • Maxi dresses
  • Platform shoes
  • Leisure suits

Cost of Living (1970)

Loaf of Bread

$0.25

Gallon of Gas

$0.36

Average Home

$17,000

New Car

$3,450

Time Elapsed

20,491 days ago

(56 years, 51 days)